Project Controls Manager

Project Controls Manager

Department: EMEA Consultancy - Transport & Infrastructure

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Remote, United Kingdom

Soben is an award-winning construction consultancy with bold ambitions and a clear trajectory for growth. Since launching in 2011, we’ve built a reputation for technical excellence, client focus, and delivery certainty. Now, we’re entering a transformative new chapter.

In March 2025, Soben became part of Accenture’s Infrastructure and Capital Projects practice, within its Industry X division. This strategic acquisition combines our deep expertise in cost and commercial management with Accenture’s global scale and digital innovation.

For our team, this unlocks a wealth of opportunity:

• Access to world‑class resources and technology, enhancing how we deliver capital projects
• Involvement in high‑profile programmes across sectors such as data centres, energy, and pharmaceuticals
• Career development at scale, with exposure to international clients and cutting‑edge project environments
• A platform for innovation, as we continue to challenge traditional consultancy models and lead digital transformation

About the opportunity

We are looking for a Project Controls Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will provide leadership and coordinate all aspects of Project Controls including reporting, cost control, progress measurement, schedule development, and schedule control.

• Responsible for developing and maintaining the baseline and monthly schedules, cost reports, portfolio reports, and customer reports (when applicable) for custom projects
• During Execution, produce weekly / monthly reports in line with the project reporting calendar, providing details on progress, actuals, forecast, and explanation of variances
• Motivated to support an industry‑leading regional project planning team capable of managing internal/external customer projects including EPCs, within both the office and construction site environments
• Use planning IT systems and work processes to provide reliable and consistent reporting and analysis to ensure that we can meet the project, regional/global project portfolio, and business requirements
• Collaborate with the Product Line and Project Execution teams to develop and deliver competitive project schedules aligned to the execution scope and strategy during the bid phase through award and execution, promoting the growth of the client’s businesses while consistently delivering on project commitments in terms of cost and schedule
• Develop and maintain accurate progress & earned value measurement systems for engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, and commissioning to provide credible control throughout the project execution phase
• Help maintain and improve the capabilities of the regional team to support the business needs across the broad portfolio of offerings
• Provide close collaboration with and support across the other regional and global teams to ensure effective resource sharing, lessons learned, best practices, and the development of appropriate work processes and procedures across the global execution teams
• Lead a project controls team when assigned to a mega project
• Follows client’s established standard processes, procedures, and formats required for corporate reporting and deliverables
• Perform additional duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Minimum
  -10 years’ project planning experience, ideally with 2 years in Nuclear Decommissioning
• A recognised Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or Engineering
• Sound knowledge, proven skills, and competencies in the application of project planning principles, methodologies, and tools
• Support all phases of project execution, particularly around schedule development, progress measurement/reporting, and earned value, within a large project‑oriented EPC or Owner Organization
• Must have a track record of delivering accurate schedule information, reporting, and guidance to senior management
• Organised and detail‑oriented

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